List of Skins episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the British teen drama Skins. For a plot summary of the episodes, visit the main article of each series.

Series overview

Series Episodes Series premiere Series finale DVD release date Discs
Region 1 Region 2
1 9 25 January 2007 22 March 2007 13 January 2009[1] 24 September 2007[2] 3
2 10 11 February 2008 14 April 2008 14 April 2009[3] 5 May 2008[4] 3
3 10 22 January 2009 26 March 2009 7 September 2010 6 April 2009[5] 3
4 8 28 January 2010 18 March 2010 11 January 2011 22 March 2010[6] 3
5 8 27 January 2011 17 March 2011 TBA 21 March 2011[7] 3
6 10 23 January 2012 26 March 2012 TBA 23 April 2012[8] 3
7 6[9] 1 July 2013 5 August 2013 TBA 12 August 2013 2

List of episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Main article: Skins (series 1)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
11"Tony"Tony StonemPaul GayBryan Elsley1.5425 January 2007
22"Cassie"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan Elsley0.9771 February 2007
33"Jal"Jal FazerAdam SmithBryan Elsley0.918 February 2007
44"Chris"Chris MilesAdam SmithJack Thorne0.70915 February 2007
55"Sid"Sid JenkinsMinkie SpiroJamie Brittain0.88922 February 2007
66"Maxxie and Anwar"Maxxie Oliver and Anwar KharralChris CloughSimon Amstell & Ben Schiffer0.8081 March 2007
77"Michelle"Michelle RichardsonMinkie SpiroBryan Elsley0.7998 March 2007
88"Effy"Effy StonemAdam SmithJack Thorne0.75615 March 2007
99"Everyone"EveryoneAdam SmithBryan Elsley0.79722 March 2007

Series 2 (2008)

Main article: Skins (series 2)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
21"Tony and Maxxie"Tony Stonem and Maxxie OliverAysha RafaeleBryan Elsley1.0611 February 2008
22"Sketch"SketchAysha RafaeleJack Thorne0.75718 February 2008
23"Sid"Sid JenkinsSimon MasseyBryan Elsley0.76725 February 2008
24"Michelle"Michelle RichardsonSimon MasseySally Tatchell0.7423 March 2008
25"Chris"Chris MilesHarry EnfieldBen Schiffer0.70910 March 2008
26"Tony"Tony StonemHarry EnfieldJamie Brittain0.75117 March 2008
27"Effy"Effy StonemSimon MasseyLucy Kirkwood0.68624 March 2008
28"Jal"Jal FazerSimon MasseyDaniel Kaluuya0.68631 March 2008
29"Cassie"Cassie AinsworthCharles MartinBryan Elsley0.7667 April 2008
210"Final Goodbyes"EveryoneCharles MartinJack Thorne0.76614 April 2008

Series 3 (2009)

Main article: Skins (series 3)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
120"Everyone"EveryoneCharles MartinBryan Elsley0.87722 January 2009
221"Cook"James CookSimon MasseyJamie Brittain0.91629 January 2009
322"Thomas"Thomas TomoneSimon MasseyDaniel Kaluuya & Bryan Elsley0.8575 February 2009
423"Pandora"Pandora MoonSimon MasseyGeorgia Lester & Bryan Elsley0.91512 February 2009
524"Freddie"Freddie McClairCharles MartinBen Schiffer0.91319 February 2009
625"Naomi"Naomi CampbellSimon MasseyAtiha Sen Gupta & Jack Thorne0.95726 February 2009
726"JJ"Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" JonesCharles MartinBryan Elsley0.9975 March 2009
827"Effy"Effy StonemCharles MartinLucy Kirkwood0.86412 March 2009
928"Katie and Emily"Katie and Emily FitchCharles MartinMalcolm Campbell & Bryan Elsley0.95719 March 2009
1029"Finale"Effy Stonem, James Cook, JJ Jones and Freddie MclairSimon MasseyBen Schiffer0.97226 March 2009

Series 4 (2010)

Main article: Skins (series 4)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
130"Thomas"Thomas TomoneNeil BiswasJamie Brittain1.2428 January 2010
231"Emily"Emily FitchPhilippa LangdaleEd Hime1.024 February 2010
332"Cook"James CookPhilippa LangdaleBen Schiffer0.95411 February 2010
433"Katie"Katie FitchNeil BiswasGeorgia Lester0.99618 February 2010
534"Freddie"Freddie McClairEsther May CampbellSean Buckley0.94125 February 2010
635"JJ"Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" JonesEsther May CampbellLucy Kirkwood0.8854 March 2010
736"Effy"Effy StonemDaniel O' HaraJamie Brittain0.86311 March 2010
837"Everyone"EveryoneDaniel O' HaraBryan Elsley0.90218 March 2010

Series 5 (2011)

Main article: Skins (series 5)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
138"Franky"Franky FitzgeraldAmanda BoyleSean Buckley1.0327 January 2011
239"Rich"Rich HardbeckPhilippa LangdaleJamie Brittain0.723 February 2011
340"Mini"Mini McGuinnessPhilippa LangdaleGeorgia Lester0.74110 February 2011
441"Liv"Liv MaloneAmanda BoyleEd Hime0.66117 February 2011
542"Nick"Nick LevanJack CloughGeoff Bussetil0.57424 February 2011
643"Alo"Alo CreeveyJack CloughDaniel Lovett0.5883 March 2011
744"Grace"Grace BloodDominic LeclercJamie Brittain0.48610 March 2011
845"Everyone"EveryoneDominic LeclercSean Buckley0.49417 March 2011

Series 6 (2012)

Main article: Skins (series 6)
Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
146"Everyone"EveryoneJack CloughBryan Elsley1.032[10]23 January 2012
247"Rich"Rich HardbeckSam DonovanDaniel Lovett0.655[10]30 January 2012
348"Alex"Alex HenleySam DonovanJack Lothian0.720[10]7 February 2012
449"Franky"Franky FitzgeraldIan BarnesSean Buckley0.741[10]13 February 2012
550"Mini"Mini McGuinnessIan BarnesJess Brittain0.661[10]20 February 2012
651"Nick"Nick LevanJack CloughGeoff Bussetil0.574[10]27 February 2012
752"Alo"Alo Creevey[11]Benjamin CaronLaura Hunter0.588[10]5 March 2012
853"Liv"Liv MaloneBenjamin CaronBen Bond & Bryan Elsley0.486[10]12 March 2012
954"Mini and Franky"Mini McGuinness and Franky FitzgeraldIan BarnesJess Brittain0.494[10]19 March 2012
1055"Finale"EveryoneBenjamin CaronGeorgia Lester0.574[10]26 March 2012

Series 7 (2013)

Series
number
Episode
number
Title Featured character(s) Directed by Written by UK viewers
(millions)
Original air date
156"Fire (Part 1)"Effy StonemCharles MartinJess Brittain0.870July 1, 2013
257"Fire (Part 2)"Effy StonemCharles MartinJess Brittain0.710July 8, 2013
358"Pure (Part 1)"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan Elsley0.499July 15, 2013
459"Pure (Part 2)"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan ElsleyN/AJuly 22, 2013
560"Rise (Part 1)"James CookJack CloughJamie BrittainN/AJuly 29, 2013
661"Rise (Part 2)"James CookJack CloughJamie BrittainN/AAugust 5, 2013

Character Video Diaries

Series 1 (Generation 1)

Also to accompany the series, online video diaries were created for the following characters.

# Title
1"Jal's Video Diary"

Jal wants to show off her horny chihuahua

2"Chris's Video Diary"

Can Chris wear 72 socks?

3"Abigail's Video Diary"

Abigail hopes the people of 2107 are jolly well.

4"Effy's Video Diary"

It's dark in Tony's sister's head. Very dark.

5"Maxxie's Video Diary"

Maxxie has heard a lot about this interweb thing, and has something very exciting to show you lucky people.

6"Michelle's Video Diary"

Michelle explains all about clothes for every occasion.

7"Posh Kenneth's Video Diary"

"I hope you're getting on awfully well. We do not speak of grandmother's bunions."

8"Tony's Video Diary"

Tony takes you on a tour of Bristol.

9"Sid's Video Diary"

Sid heads into final battle with the Danish warlord Wallothet.

10"Anwar's Video Diary"

It's not just about the fresh clothes and loads of money.

11"Cassie's Video Diary"

Cassie's therapy video. She likes things that she likes, but she loves everything.

Series 3 (Generation 2)

The character video diaries functionally replaced Unseen Skins for the third series. A new diary was posted on the E4 website following the broadcast of each episode, and the diary often pertained to the events of that episode.

# Title Main episode
1"JJ's Video Diary""Everyone"

JJ hits the streets of Bristol and posts his 'magic' diary on rateyourmagic. He wants to improve his magician skills.

2"Naomi's Video Diary""Cook"

Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally.

3"Pandora's Video Diary""Thomas"

Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message.

4"Freddie's Video Diary""Pandora"

Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting.

5"Karen's Video Diary""Freddie"

Karen's audition for Search for a Sexxbomb.

6"Cook's Video Diary""Naomi"

Cook stars in his very own campaign video whilst eating a sandwich, smearing his opponent Naomi Campbell and making some bold claims.

7"Katie's Video Diary""JJ"

Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts.

8"Emily's Video Diary""Effy"

Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on.

9"Effy's Video Diary""Katie and Emily"

Effy sends out messages during a stop in her road trip with Cook via webcam to her brother and mum.

10"Thomas's Video Diary""Finale"

Thomas sends his friend Moses (in the Congo) a message about the British people and their wonderful, weird ways. And a song?

The Lost Weeks

To explain what had happened to each character between series 1 and 2, a series of videos called "The Lost Weeks" were aired exclusively on E4.com. The episodes are as follows:

# Title
1"Effy's Video Diary"

Tony's sister recorded this in his room when he was in a coma.

2"Skins Christmas Special"

Seasonal greetings from the Skins gang.

3"Michelle's Video Diary"

"Black is such a slimming colour."

4"Sid's Message to Tony"

A very special message from Sid to Tony.

5"Cassie Hearts Sid"

Cassie posts Sid a message from Scotland.

6"Posh Kenneth Has a Secret"

"Kenneth has an ode for Jal."

7"Sid's Bedside Vigil"

Sid visits his best mate Tony.

8"Anwar's Video Diary"

Anwar's in love. His video diary boldly goes into detail.

9"Chris' Message to Angie"

Chris wants to show how much he misses Angie, and cares for the Data Protection Act.

10"Messages to Tony"

Sid had a plan to reach Tony.

It should be noted that although several of these videos bear the same name as a character video diary they are two separate videos. [12]

Television ratings

All ratings are official ratings taken from BARB's database, unless otherwise stated.[13]

Series 1: 2007

Episode Viewers (E4 only) Rank (E4 only)
Tony 1,540,000 #1
Cassie 977,000 #1
Jal 910,000 #2
Chris 709,000 #4
Sid 889,000 #2
Maxxie and Anwar 808,000 #2
Michelle 799,000 #1
Effy 988,000 #1
Everyone 797,000 #1

Series 1 ratings do not include viewers watching on E4 +1, as the +1 ratings are unavailable on the BARB website. E4 +1 viewings typically add 200,000–300,000 viewers per episode.

Series 2: 2008

Episode Viewers Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Tony and Maxxie 1,061,000 251,000 1,312,000 #1 #3
Sketch 757,000 757,000 #5
Sid 767,000 767,000 #2
Michelle 742,000 742,000 #2
Chris 709,000 278,000 987,000 #6 #3
Tony 751,000 751,000 #4
Effy 686,000 686,000 #7
Jal 686,000 686,000 #5
Cassie 766,000 231,000 997,000 #1 #6
Everyone 853,000 242,000 1,095,000 #1 #3

Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 200,000–300,000 to the rating.

Series 3: 2009

Episode Viewers Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Everyone 877,000 262,000 1,139,000 #1 #1
Cook 916,000 916,000 #1
Thomas 857,000 268,000 1,125,000 #1 #1
Pandora 915,000 215,000 1,130,000 #1 #8
Freddie 913,000 326,000 1,241,000 #2 #1
Naomi 957,000 957,000 #1
JJ 997,000 325,000 1,322,000 #1 #3
Effy 864,000 274,000 1,138,000 #2 #1
Katie and Emily 957,000 320,000 1,277,000 #1 #1
Finale 972,000 257,000 1,229,000 #1 #3

Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 200,000–300,000 to the rating.

Series 4: 2010

Episode Viewers [13] Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Thomas 1,246,000 229,000 1,475,000 #2 #5
Emily 1,025,000 120,000[14][A] 1,145,000 #2
Cook 954,000 295,000 1,249,000 #3 #3
Katie 996,000 251,000 1,247,000 #2 #5
Freddie 941,000 252,000 1,193,000 #3 #2
JJ 885,000 265,000 1,150,000 #3 #2
Effy 863,000 189,000 1,052,000 #3 #6
Everyone 902,000 224,000 1,126,000 #3 #8

Series 5: 2011

Episode Viewers [13] [A] Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Franky 1,032,000 113,000[15][A] 1,145,000 #2  
Rich 720,000 138,000[16][A] 858,000 #2
Mini 741,000 136,000[17][A] 877,000 #2
Liv 661,000 132,000[18][A] 793,000 #2
Nick 574,000 199,000 773,000 #5 #7
Alo 588,000 109,000[19][A] 697,000 #3
Grace 486,000 110,000[20][A] 596,000 #4
Everyone 494,000 136,000 [21][A] 630,000 #3

Series 6: 2012

Episode Viewers [13] [A] Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Everyone 751,000 65,000 [22][A] 816,000 #3
Rich 655,000 655,000 #7
Alex 733,000 733,000 #5
Franky 595,000 - 595,000
Mini 589,000 100,000 [23][A] 689,000 #9
Nick 679,000 47,000 [24][A] 726,000 #5
Alo 610,000 67,000 [25][A] 677,000 #8
Liv 646,000 99,000 [26][A] 745,000 #10
Mini and Franky 658,000 146,000 [27][A] 794,000 #8
Finale 498,000 82,000 [28][A] 580,000 #10

Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 100,000–150,000 to the rating.

* A^ Unofficial overnight rating.
The official E4 +1 rating for this episode is missing as it was not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Instead it has been replaced with unofficial overnight rating.

Series 7: 2013

Episode Viewers [13] [A] Rank
E4 E4 +1 Total E4 E4 +1
Fire (Part 1) 872,000 115,000[29][A] 987,000 #3
Fire (Part 2) 706,000 154,000[30][A] 860,000 #8
Pure (Part 1) 499,000 499,000 #8
Pure (Part 2) 530,000 144,000[31][A] 670,000 #9
Rise (Part 1) 547,000 145,000[32][A] 692,000 #5
Rise (Part 2) 590,000 - 590,000 #6

Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 100,000–150,000 to the rating.

* A^ Unofficial overnight rating.
The official E4 +1 rating for this episode is missing as it was not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Instead it has been replaced with unofficial overnight rating.

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